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MOFFITT VS. GARR et al. (1862)

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MOFFITT VS. GARR et al.
Term: 1861
Important Dates
Decided: March 24, 1862
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

MOFFITT VS. GARR et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 24, 1862.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Ohio.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
  • Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Defendant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 66 U.S. 273
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Roger Brooke Taney
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Nelson

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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